“No matter how much BTC fans want to pretend that it’s a hedge against doomsday scenarios, it is not.”
The billionaire who once said that bananas are a better medium of exchange than Bitcoin is doubling down on his views that the crypto asset is more of a collectible rather than a reliable financial asset.
In a Forbes interview conducted on Dec. 8, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said that crypto users should not look to Bitcoin (BTC) as “a hedge against doomsday scenarios.” He also believes that the crypto asset is unlikely to replace fiat currency anytime soon.
“[Bitcoin is] a store of value like gold that is more religion than solution to any problem,” said Cuban. “Countries will take steps to protect their currencies and their ability to tax, so the more people believe this is anything more than a store of value, the more risk of government intervention they face.”
Cuban’s comments came when the price of Bitcoin was under $19,000. The asset has since reached new all-time highs, rising above $20,000 for the first time in history and trading above $23K at time of publication.
The billionaire claimed commodities like bananas offered more benefits than Bitcoin, but still recognized it as an “investable asset”:
“A banana has more utility, potassium is a valuable nutrient to every person on the planet, but as long as people accept BTC as a digital version of gold, it’s investable.”
Mark Cuban has an estimated net worth of $4.2 billion. He claimed to own roughly $130 in Bitcoin as of August 2019 from the franchise’s merchandise and ticket purchases. Given the BTC price stayed under $12,000 that month, Cuban’s crypto assets could easily have doubled if he HODLed.
Source: , CoinTelegraph
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